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OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) – Lake Merritt is often called the gem of Oakland. It’s home to the nation’s first and oldest bird sanctuary. It’s also home to at least 65 homeless people.
As a solution, the city is opening 20 community cabins, or ‘tuff sheds’, that will house 40 people at the Henry Kaiser Convention Parking lot. This is the third such community to be built in Oakland.
“I’ve moved around two times around here before I got to this spot and I just don’t really have another place to go,” said Andrew Flory.
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The city of Oakland says the homeless encampments are having a detrimental impact on the environment around the lake.
“We’re seeing human waste, garbage, needles that are getting pulled out of the lake by our volunteers every day,” said Joe DeVries, assistant to the Oakland City Administrator.
As a solution, the city is opening 20 community cabins, or ‘tuff sheds’, that will house 40 people at the Henry Kaiser Convention Parking lot. This is the third such community to be built in Oakland.
Over the next couple of weeks, those camping out around the lake will gradually be given 7 to 10 days’ notice to leave. Then they’ll be invited to move in those sheds the first week of October. After that, Lake Merritt becomes a closed zone where encampments will be prohibited.
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